1
LOCAL LOKB.
( Advertisements in this column charged for
at toe rate oflS cents per lino. v, ; . :
Mrs. M. Elston Leo, who went to
Portland to hear . Nordica" arrived
home Sunday.
Buy a 5c loaf of that floe white
bread at the D. & T. store. -
Mrs. F. L. Millar returned
day from Portland,
--Miss Jnlia Cooper returned'
day from a few days' ' visit in
land. ' - - '
Mon-
Mod-Poit-
Mrs. Sarah Elgin
day from a few days"
bany friends'. '
returned Sun
visit with ; AI-
Gabriel Long has filed a suit for
divorce against Ellen Lontr. They
were married at Crvallis In July,
1895. The plaintiff alleges in bi3 com-
, plaint that, defendant, deserted . him
in June 1901 and has ' since lived
apart Trots him. : ; ' ; . ',
.Thomas Bilyeu, of the OAO erad
uating class 02Js at Ithaca, NewYorB,
taking a post graduate course in
Cornell University. He is epecfaliz
ing In mecbaulcal drawing, woodwork
and. other technological branches, '
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' Important Improvements are be
ing added to the residence of Captain
George .Robinson. The building has
been raised to a sufficient ; height to
allow A stcry to be built underneath.
. The addition . so , made comprises
three rooms, and a hall,-. The wood
work will be completed today. The
building was raised by Charles Blak
eelee. ' . if, ' v'." ' ' .'- -v -'
4-Mlss Esther Simmons, who grad-j
uated, a few years ago from , QAC, is
no w a teacher in the public - schools
at Huron, .California on a , salary of
875 per month. After leaving the
college she taught two years in the
Oorvallis public schools, two years at
Boseburg, and tbis autumn she ac
cepted her present position at Hur-
rob. . . . .
In the police court - Saturday.
Jacob Blumber&.was tried and fined
$25 for maintaining a nuisance He
. keeps hides in all states of ' pfeserva
' tlon in the Ktioe - buildings on -: Main
Btreet, next door south of the store of
J. H. Harris. .- The place f has been
the subject or complaloti for some
al occasions notified Mr. Blumberg to.
abate the nuisance. He failed to do
so, and bis arrest and a conviction
resulted. The cae has been appeal
ed to the circuit court. ' 4 iV
. The statement of farmers in town
Is to the eff ct that grass is making a
good growth ia most of the pastures.
The stand is already better than it
was last autumn, and is - now., suffi
cient for farmers who have a 'reason
able Amount of ? feed to carry their
livestock through the winter' without
loss. ; It Is estimated that the ' result
will be a considerable recovery in the
prices of rattle and other livestock,
in which there "was more' or lees of
panic recently, Vr . -,
Some"dos"lo"uk a ladles bicycle
from the corner of Third and Adams
the latter pan of last week, and Las
not returned It. - The owner ad ver
tises for it in this leeue.Tb machine
was left at the spot by a college , glrj,
because an accident happened tq the
- chain or chain guard xand tne wheel,
could not be ridden to schooL Whip
she returned Jor"ffctnev NwheewaS
gone, :It.wa8 fvroJbaWy taken ty mis
take, and tfi-)rwiKwboHV4j'
it maynofloowwhere'to J.flddR the
owner. Tf kftatlhe.3rptBS offlce'tbe
macblnewlll-at .oBee-beT placed In the
p oeeeesloo of Jiie. person who owns ;it.
J4. . V WVUU
W Slmps6n. three lots In--Job's addi
tion. 8120.-" Beixv Ingram Mary
Ingram. 170 acres near Duetv 820:
Warren Norton-" to lzzte Norton,
149 acres north of Blodgett, $5. Mary
A Wilkins and husband to Caroline
Maxfield. six lots In-' Job's .addition,
: 8400. George A Houck and wife to
H; M. Donat and. others,, tract out of
Houck ranch, 1 86'.o45-1 CjGeorge i A
Houck and wife toGeorge Shafer and
other, tsfact of laDd out of ranch,
88,450, N. B. Avery and wife to : E.
P. Greffoz three lots in N- & P- Av
erys addition 8120. .
r 'V-Mrer Jmes Hayes aqd rfaushierl
Mrs.. Philips, arrived homebuuday at
ter several days spent in Portland: :
: ---Mr: and Mrs. Blackledge return
ed Monday from a visit of several
days with relatives at Bellfountain.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A t -Moses have
moved Into the residence vacated by
Rev. E. L. Fitch and family. ' 7
The third floor of Hotel GorvalUs
U completed, which gives ample room
for dollar perday guests. . .. I
Mr. and Mrs. "W. O. Heckart are
In Corvallls for a few days., Monday
Mr. Heckart and J.; Fred Yates went
huntiDg on the Wiles farm, with excel
lent success. Both bagged the limit
or pheasants. .
'Mrs. B. Tj.. Weafherford is spend-'
ing a few. days with her mother, Mrs.
L. L. Horning, and ..other relatives
and rrlends. Mr. and Mrs. Weather
ford are sojourniDg on a 1400-acre
stock farm near Harrisburg. : ;: A
On November 3d J. H. Eulter will
sell at public auctioET-at the Onas
Brown place on Soap Creek,; a lirge
quantity of stock of , vaiijus kinds,
farm Implements, etc. u. a., ttODin
son is to act as auctioneer. ' ; j
John Hammel, of Albany, who
made many friends in Oorvallis during
bis employment on the construction
of the Agricultural Hall, . is engaged
on the. new beating plant and will be
in the city acaia for an indefinite
time. : e-fj.-v :; .: ' ,?
B. Ban. the young Japanese who
attended the ci liege here, a year or
two, is in business on his own account.
Sixty miles below Portland be . con
ducts a dairy ranch, on the Astoria
railroad, with 45 cows. The ranch,
with much adjoining timber, is owned
by Ban a uncle.
The "Timet" job department has
completed a thousand new pamphlets
containing information about farm
and other property for sale In Benton
county. They are tor Henry Ambler,
the wide awake teal estate dealer, by
whom they are widely distributed in
the East and elsewhere. Mr. 'Ambler
does considerable advertising in East
ern newspapei s. Many people who
arrive In? Benton county oome directly
to Mr. Ambler. . v '
PASSED
THROUGH C0RVALLIS.
WflAT THE LIGHTS MEaNW
Slayers of Grant jTo.be Tried" Soon
Grani Brought Both Whisky v
; . ' r From Toledo. :
The metropolis of Southern Ben
ton is thriving, according to the state
ment or James .Bailey who - was in
Corvallls Monday J .Much ' benefit Is
expected from the new bridge recent
ly completed that ' connects : Ingram
Island with the mainland, both to the
inhabitants of the island and the
town of Monroe. For many years
the Islanders have been connected
with the outside world only by the
uncertain and dangerous means of a
poor ferry, which on account of the
treacherous character - of v the big
6 lough made navigation unsatisfac
tory. . - . ' ' '
Yaquioa Bay gets no slice In the
estimate of the chief of engineers for
harbor improvements, just made
public, After giving the . figures in
the proposed appropriations, a dis
patch to the Oregonlan eays; Ie is
noticeable that General Gillespie rec
ommends no " appropriation for Ya
qulna Bay or Sluslawrriver, Oregon,
or for the lakes Union and ' Wash
lngtod canal near Seattle. All three
of these projects have been adversely
reported upon . by engineer boards
and until congress 'again 4 by .specific
legislation xecogpizes .these works no
further recommendations wilt be made
by the chief of engineers, 'n
Henry Ambler, the Philomath re
al estate man. has made three new
deals;'," The house and lot of Mrs
Richardson in Philomath went to Mrs.
Van Winkle of Suihpter,' for 8300.
The Schrader residence property in
Philomath went to (J. F. Dabuech of
New Richmond, Wisconsin, for 8850.
The Woods Creek farm of R. M. Da
vlsson was sold to J E. Deyjtt, re
cently arrived from Cent, : Washing
ton. V The farm comprises 830 acres,
and the price paid Is 84,980. The buy
er takes immediate possession. He
is to build a new. reti ience and other
wise improve the property. f
Preparations have been complet
ed for the commencement, of work on
the musical selections ts be rendered
during the May Festival which will
be held at Salem 'next year. Notice
has been received from the director ir
that city that the following- numbers
will be presented, '.Miriam s Song of
Triumph,'' Schubert; "The Lay of
the Bell" Bbumberg; -'Beautirul Wil
lamette" Father : Dominic, Mt Angel,
Oregon. Corvallls i expected to
fdrnish a chorus a'nd local musicians
who wish to prepare themselves for
participation In the event next year
are r quested to meet at be College
chapel, Friday evening, October,.- 30 at
A. Bbblneott'e
residence near the S.'P depot:the last
ot the otic? Charley , Blakelee" was.
again .overtaken with misfortune" ' To
accomplish the, work in'band - rt "was
necessarv is. detach .ja-verandsTfrom
the maltf building and in doing Bo. the
porch tell upon Mr. BlakBslee. When
Cfaarley eaw that hec6juld--nt escape
he thought his .time had surely .come.
But he bad made a goQd many .narrow
escapes before and this proved anoth
er one. . He was borne' to the ground
by the falling structure and received
paioful Injuries to one of his ankles
and his chest. He does not expect to
be able to resume work within several
weeks. .
1P-Whlle?'ralsiM
Mrs. H H Kreger of Santa Barbara,
California, arrived Monday for a brief
visit in Oorvallis, and Is a guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Taylor.
She and her husband once resided
here, but they removed several years
ago to Santa Barbara. In the latter
place they were engaged in .business,
and about a month ago they retired.
They own property In Corvallls, which
Mrs. Ersger is offering for sale in an
advertisement to be seen elsewhere.
Mr. Kreger, while . walking on the
street at night In Santa. Barbara re
cently was run over by a heree and
buggy in the darkness, and he sustain
ed injuries from which he Is now re
covering. - ' ",'"'..; ;, :':- V X ' , "
1 A farm dwelling owned by Mack
Porter, eight miles south of town,
was burned to the ground Sunday.
The house was occupied by Henry
Starr and family.' The fire occurred
shortly after noon, and It destroyed In
addition to the building, about one
half of the contents, comprising fur
plture and hcuseho'ld effects. A few
of the neighbors gathered while the
building was burning, but they; were
powerless to render assistance. The
blaze Is supposed to have had its or
igin in a spark falling In the moss tin
the roof, as it was the root that , the
fire first appeared. Whether t or not
there was insurance .has 'not been
learned. , .. . " -
Wood.
"Wanted."
Inquire' at Timbs office.
The alleged murderers of Indian
Grant passed through Corvallis
Mondaj-, on their way to Portland,
to await trial. The United States
grand jury is now in. session, and it
is supposed that an indictment will
be Teturnedv.at once. It is expect
ed that the trial will take place v in
in two or three weeks.
The men. are Abe I,ogan and Al
bert Martin v They had a prelim
inary examination at Toledo Sat
urday. " Both waived examinitibn
and were bound oyer to .await ; the
aCti6n 'pF ;tti.e iUpited I States grand
jury.
, From the story oi the killing, as
told at the preliminary examination
it seems that Logan and Martin
had arranged with Grant to bring
whisky from Toledo, and late ' in
the afternoon of the ' murder, the
two men were awaiting Grant's ar
rival, near the" old Woodman ford
on the Siletz, ; which is,, about a
quarter of a mile from the govern
ment office. Grant, riding a white
horse, . appeared about 5:20 in the
afternoon, bringing a quart bottle of
whisky each for Logan and Martin,
also had a pint flask for himself.-
' The three men, according to the
testimony of the surviving members
of the trio, began at qnce to drink.
As time passed on. Grant and
Logan began to jolly Martin, telling
him Jie did not know how-to drink
whiskyy whereupon Martin lifted
his bottle to his lips, ' and drained
it dry. Within a few minutes there
after, Martin claims that he . knew
nothing. The testimony of several
other witnesses who saw Martin, at
nine o'clock and often; thereafter, is
to the effect that he i was uncon
scious and .practically dead until
about six o'clock the next morning.
; The circumstances point to 2 Lo
gan as the man who' did - the kil
ling. ' On' his face. ' hands and
clothing, there was blood. He was
wet up to his knees which showed
that it was he ' who "put - Grant's
body in the river. In fact, .he , ad
mits the latter. 'r'A ' :: A AAA A
Grant, was- killed I with stones,
with which the top of :' his head
was beaten in. The stones were
fo und on the bank. The : murder
is supposed to have occurred about
eight o'clock,;: twoor three hours
after Grant's arrival from Toledo.
A.watch .on his person stopped at
that time. No one saw the tragedy.
About an hour, after, it happened
Logan appeared at . the house of
Martin, .where there were . - six or
eight persons, among them,t Mrs..'
Newberry and her two sons ! Mar
tin called .. one of the Newberry
boys out and told him that Grant
was killed. He - said that Martin
had choked Grant to death. ' Sub
sequent investigation '. showed r that
Grant had not been choked at i alii
After hearing the news, the peo J
pie at the Martin house took a lan
tern and went down to the scene of
the murder. They found Martin
there in a state of , stupor, "There
was no blood about his person hot
on his clothing. They saw the
body of Grant in the river. " .They
carried Martin to the house,' where
at six o'clock the next morning, be
began to sober up. -:
About three or four o clock in
the morning, Logan got up and
told some of . the inmates of the
house that Grants body . must be
moved. He went alone to the scene
of the killing and moved the body
further out into the stream. He
came back to the house, wet to the
waist. , He told some of his friends
that Martin had killed Grant, and
had agreed that if nothing was said
about it that he, Logan, was to be
given a cow by Martin. ' There is
evidence to , ' the fact that Logan
once made a threat that he would
kill Grant whenever he got an op
portunity. Judge McFadden appeared for
Martin at the preliminary examin
ation, and is to be his counsel at
the trial to take place in the United
States district court at Portland.
The details of the killing are elo
quent with material for a lecture on
temperance, and another v on the
baneful effects of breaking the law 1
that forbids selling liquor ' to ; In
dians.
In the Clerks Office at Midnight Tim
ber Land Friends Were There.
Belated . townspeople en route
home have noted a glimmer of light
in the clerk's office at night re
cently, and have wondered what
was going on there, There have
been visions of midnight marriages
and the hustle of grooms for a mar
riage license or of the Sheridan
bank burglar hunting among .: the
archives for gold in the clerk's vault.
A It was neither however..' Both
the county, clerk and his deputy
are still single, and both are eligi
ble.'as well as more or less kitten
ish and coy. ' It has been timfeer
land locaters that have kept ; them
awake.. Hrry piodfelter and Aug
ust Baeske arrived from Portland at
noon Saturday to prove up on their
timber claims. Clarence Vidito
was to be their star witness, and he
was in Alsea. The telephone " was
used, and i'tt due time, Clarence
was loaded on a horse and - started
for Corvallis. It was just midnight
when the last of the papers in the
proof were signed up and finished.
Meantime the Alsea telephone
had been at work on another case.
Clara S. Thompson of Tacoma was
in the Alsea country; and late Sat
urday afternoon," she phoned' the
clerks office to inquire if a timber
land filing could be made on Sun
day. With a woman's voice at the
other end of the phone the marri
ageable officials in the f office said
no with reluctance, but;' declared
that any time after midnights they
wonld be delighted to attend to her
filing. - She ' was : delighted, and
promised to be on hand. " ;
It wa? midnight by the town
clock Sunday night when Deputy
Irwin drove in from Monroe, to
find Clara S.l Thompson and ; party
a waiting hi m at the hotel-.?' It .was
four o'clock in the morning at the
clerk's office when thejlast paper in
that timbe? land filing was signed
and ; folded up: - The , Thompson
party took private - conveyance at
once for Albany and the early train
there forTacoma, while Deputy Ir
win gapped. ' and1" wondered ' what
timber land maniac would turn : up
next to interfere with his virtuous
slumber. r; ; i"f-!.:.
. TRYING CRUSHED ROCK,
On Philomath Road -Other : Improve
: ; Ia ' ments to Benton Highways. A'
- The county rock crusher was In
operation four days.: last week. It
was used at the Ingle v quarry to
crush a quantity of roc for making
a top drpssing for a stretch of per
manent road the county . has hunt
in the vicinity of Thomas Cooper's
The dressing was put on , the joad
two yards to the rod. for a distance
of half a mile. . The plan is merely
an experiment and for this reason
but a small portion ot : the road
was treated. It is feared that a the
rock at the quarry is not hard
enough for the, ; purpose, - and .that
it may decompose quickly and turn
to mud. ! By :way of experiment
a quantity of it was ground to pulp
and water put on it.i-, It seemed' to
have more of a sand ' than a mud
consistency, and for that ;. reason it
was determined to try it on a short
section ofthe road.- ;
The county is also preparing to
crush rock for a dressing on a cerr
tan stretch of the Wells road, near
Judge Moor's place,; and is at work
on a half mile stretch of bad winter
road in the bottom the other side
of the Swick place, north of town,
The latter is to be graded, brushed,
graveled and drained. '. , '
l Afwl;;'.; Vs:. ..'A:
1 For fine smits and overcoats see Nolan
& Callahan. , r
: Get your ribs fixed
Hospital.
at. the Bicycle
ror Dest grade of gasoli ne, 35 cents
gallon go to Berry and Carl's. .V.
. We have added several new pieces to
our Premium dishes. Nolan & Calla
han...'."".". ' :
Try. your Red Box Keys on
ana alter Thursday Oct. 22
Nolan & Callahan.
Lost. "
"Badies wheel. It was taken from the
corner of Third & Adams Thursday or
Friday. Is an Imperial. , Reward for
information -or recovery. - Leave
Times office. - 1
at
Eggs 30 cents at Tamer store.
For Sale.
Residence property at the corner of
Washington & Third. Will be sold very
cheap, v l ean be-seen for a few days : at
the residence from 8 to 10 a; m.
' ' f j Mrs. H. H. Kreger.
Take the short courses in bookkeeping
typewriting, or shorthand in the - Cor
vallis Business College. - - v
FOR SALE. (
Vetch seed at Corvallis Flour Hills.
Saves Two from Death. .
"Our little daughter had an' al
most fatal attack of whooping
coiigh and bronchitis," writes Mrs.
W. K, Haviland of Armonk,' N. Y.
"but when all other remedies failed
we saved her life with Dr. ; King's
New Discovery, Oar . niece who
had consumption in an advanced
stage also used ... this wonderful
medicine and today she is perfectly
well." Desperate throat and lung
diseases yield to Dri King's ' New
Discovery as to no other - medicine
on eart h. 'Infallible ' for -' coughs,
and colds--J'5oc'-and ' $1 -- bottles1
guaranteed by Allen's Pharmacy.'
Trial battles free. -
)
FOR WOMEN, AT
L. KLINE'S
1M!
is.
a
loo
wean
Good news to tell yonr friends well, worth telling.
Better shoes than ever before.. All the , new lasts are
included in our new complete lines, and leathers pecu
liarly adipted to the rainy season just ahead, including
"The VemoXjirr
The best shoe on the . .
market at $2.50
. . : , ' SEE ' '
4 ; . : f ' THAT THIS
3 ' ! . TBAOEMARK
W - Va is branded ..
a 'vCN EVERY
Fashion's
favorite.
"Queen Quality,,
'ihe lamous shoe for , g
women at ,...$3.00 P
"Pingre GIoraM
ojiuea iur women $o.OU
Our women's dress shoes have French and Military
heejs and are both in material and workmanship the
very best shoes ever brought to Corvallis.
No other place in town . where your shoe needs can
be so satisfactorily supplied. r
S. L. KLINE
I . Regulator of Low Prices.
";AA' No Hunting.
. I hereby warn all hunters to keep off
my premises for the purpose .
.'.-.' Jas..P. McBee. '
," : v.-"..- For Sale. .,":
Several hundred bushels of vetch seed.
Order early before it is gone. Alsj Tim
othy, Spelts, and English iye grass seed.
Shropshire bucks. One extra good . re
gistered buck from one of the best stocks
in Iowa. Cows and heifers ' of . the beef
breed to see or trade for Jersey cows.
'. ; ; ; . - v It. L. Brooks.
:To Sell or Let.-
: One hundred head of good ewes to sell
or let on shares. ( Apply to ' ., . , r
:':'-rAA-- V J.' C. Walker,
; ;. A- Fern P. O, Oregon, -
; : Bucks for Sale.
Oxfords and Grade Merinos all 1 two
years old past, - Good sheep with, j.ricee
reasonable. , Call on or address
. .1 . . T. W. B. Smith,"
i . - Corvallis,
Phone Surburban 43. .,. , y
Why not study bookkeeping
night school which meets pn
and Wednesday evenings. -
in the
Monday
New goods all the time
Callahan '8. '
at": Nolan &
' One of the finest-assortment of mil
linery goods just arrived at J E Henkle's
Cash Store, that has ever came to Phi
lomath, lont make your purchase un
til you see them, ' I am sure we can
please you, . ' , . - V
Dr. Wells, the Albany V S will be at
Fruits livery stables every Friday of
each week. Bring your : horses and
have them examined free of charge.
: The finest display of rubber boots and
shoes I have ever seen is at J. E. Henkle
Cash store.
Wanted. ' .
A girl, at Occidental Hotel.
Notice to Bidders.
: Notice is hereby given that the Coun
ty Court of Benton County, Oregon,
will receive sealed bids, up to Wednes
day the alst day of October. : I903. at I
o'clock p m, for the construction of a
concrete sidewalk five feet wide, along
the Norh side of the' County Court
Bouse Blook in Corvallis, ' Oregon. The 1
Court reserving the right to reject any
and all bids, and said bids to be filed
with the County Clerk on or before said
date- '" -
Dated this 12th day of October, 1903,
' v VICTOR P. MOSES,
County Clerk of Benton County, Ore,
New Qood
At the Every-Day Bargain Store of
R L. niLLER
Ladies' and Ghildern's Goats.
Everybody can "be pleased with this " season's
styles of Ladies' and Misses' Coats. While we
have already sold a large number, our line is still
complete. Box Coats are shown in the leading
colors: mode, blue, red, and the shaded zibelines.
Louis XIV Coats in mode, black, tan, brown, and
red. Prices to please all. v
Children's Goats.'..:....:.......;: .....,.$2.oo to $9.oo
Ladies' Goats.....: : $5.00 to $15.oo
Dress Goods.
v:. The department is well stocked with the ' sea-,
son's desirable goods. Zibelines,' Waterproofs,
Novelties, -New Praids,; Ornaments, Silk Trim
mings, Ami 3ilk Coat, Lining, Figured Percale,
and Bengaline Moreen ,i for drop skirts.- Heavy
Goods for walking skirts, New t Flannelettes. Out-1- '
ing Flaunelsi- Navy Blue Flannel ' for gymnasium
suits,T Plain - and - Fancy i yelveteens, Corduroy ;
Waistings, etc. ' u. , r - . ni .' .
F. Lvriiller, . : - ' Co'rva!lns.':